Paul Henry Hutsell was born on 25 March 1915 in Athens, Tennessee. He was the son of Henry Clay Hutsell and Oma Simpson. He attended McMinn County High School and Tennessee Wesleyan College .
Died non Battle 15 October 1944.
Buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, TN
Flight Officer
1130th Army Air Force, American Air Transport Command
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 30 October 1944
Paul H. Hutsell, 28, AAF flight pilot officer, was killed in a plane crash in China Oct. 15, his mother, Mrs. John B. Kennedy of Athens, has been notified by the War Department. He was a stepson of John K. Kennedy, McMinn County Trustee. Flight Officer Hutsell volunteered in 1940. He was first with the Royal Canadian Air Force, but was transferred later to the U.S. Air Force. While with the RCAF he was stationed in England and was on many missions for which he received decorations. He was a graduate of McMinn County High and Tennessee Wesleyan College, where he was a star football player. He attended U-T. Kendall Hutsell of Athens is a brother.
- Rank: Flight Officer
- Date of birth: 25 March 1915
- Date of death: 15 October 1944
- County: McMinn
- Hometown: Athens
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 1130th Army Air Force, American Air Transport Command
- Theater: china
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XV, Bottom Panel
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